The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-01

one without that It digosts more quick
ly. The digcslibiIity depends entirely
on the increased saliva that good butter
is supposed to create. That butter them
Is therefore most digestble that is best
liked. Very bad butter fuliills the old
idea, and is not dlgestlble ut all.
TWO KINDS OF OATS.
Many farmers find this year that they
have some Of both light and heavy oats
ripening on different parts OF the
head according to tho weather
Mt the different times of matur-
ing Tho heavier oats are much the
more profitable for feeding; but some
times hotel keepers and horse boarding
stable keepers purposely buy the light
weight They purchase by weight and
deal out oats to patrons horse by
measure. 1t is, therefore their gan
when they buy oats weighing less than
thirty-two pounds per bushe. and
their loss when extra heavy oats are
fed. But the horse feeder up to this
trick is not the man to lose in any
event II the oats are heavy he Will
take his profit in stintlug the measure.
The under-fed horse only tells tales
when shis condition shows how he ha,
been imposed upon.
LENGTHENIHG THE NOON REST.
Resting one or two hours longer ut
noon in hot weather is possibly the
best method for farmers to lessen their
hours of labor. 1t is not always prac-
ticablc in haying or harvesting, when
sunshine is an important factor in
making work progress. but at other
times, especially when working with
teams. good long incoming is not an
impeachment but rather help. Not
only should the team rest while eating
at noon, but its harness should be re-
morvcd. and the animals placed in
darkened stalls where flies will not
annoy them. At this time the farmer
himself may indulge in little reading.
He will be less tired and tagged out
than at night. and the change from
thought to mutual labor and Uics verSa
will reinvigorate both body and mind.
There arc no evenings for farmer.
until quite late in the Fall. aud thu
necessary reading to keep up with the
news of the day can bc better done at
noon than at any other time in the day.
GARDENING BY THE BARREL.
The agricultural editor of the Mila-
detphia Record mentions Jerseyman's
practice which enables him with very
little extra outlay to secure better re-
suits, especially in season OF drought,
than from three times az much space
devoted to the vegetable growing in the
old way. He procures old soap-boxes,
nour-barrels, kegs, or anything that
will hold earth or manure, and If the
boxes or barrels be somewhat rickety,
so much the better In planting mel
ons, cucum bers, tomatoes, squashes, or
lima beams he places box on the
middle of the hill. which should be six;
feet across. fill it half full Of fresh ma
nure, and over the manure half peck
of mixture of wood ashes and super
phosphate is placed. The seeds of the
melons are planted around the box,
four plants being allowed 10 the hill,
the distance of the seeds from the box
being about two feet, MS too close con-
tact with the box is not desirable.
When the young plants are up soap
suds are poured over the contents OF
the box. In a few weeks the roots of
the plants will have reached the box,
and they are then freely and literally
supplied with all the moisture and liq-
uid manure they may need. AS water is
poured in the box rs often as may be
desired In dry weather bucket Of
water in the box causes the matter in
the manure to leach out, and It soaks
into the ground around the box, where
the plants appropriate it.
,t..r DAT sTBAw FOR STOCK.
In long series of experiments con-
corning the feeding value Of oat straw.
Prof. Sanborn of Missouri says that
this straw is mainly valuable as a heat
and fat producer. 1t does not produce
much fa., because cattle will not eat
enough of it. 1t contains but Ia per
cent of digestible albumenoids. or
flesh formers and forty per cent of
digestble carbohydrates, or fat form
crs. Hence 10 use it with advantage
and get the full benefit of il, 1t must be